William Smith (mariner)

William Smith
Born1790 (1790)
Blyth, Northumberland, England
Died1847 (aged 56–57)
OccupationShip captain

Williams Point on Livingston Island, the land discovered by William Smith on 19 February 1819.
Smith's and other early voyages in the Southern Ocean

William Smith (c. 1790–1847) [1] was an English captain born in Blyth, Northumberland, who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica. His discovery was the first ever made south of 60° south latitude, in the present Antarctic Treaty area.

  1. ^ "Smith Island". SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Standing Committee on Antarctic Research. 8 September 1953. Retrieved 22 April 2015.